Midwest Research Institute receives $35.5 million contract to design test system for US Army

Midwest Research Institute receives $35.5 million contract to design test system for US Army

2010-11-02 08:15:55 GMT+7 (ICT)

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI (BNO NEWS) -- Midwest Research Institute (MRI) on Monday was awarded a $35.5 million contract to design and install the U.S. Army's Maryland Testing System against chemical threats.

MRI got a delivery order from the U.S. Army to provide the Joint Program Manager for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Contamination Avoidance PDTESS (Product Director Test Equipment, Strategy and Support) with final design, equipment and materials testing, and installation of a Test System.

Such system will be located at the United States Army Research, Development and Engineering Command located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The delivery order will last 41 months.

"This award is good news for our community and for the exceptional employees at MRI. More than that, it is great news for our men and women in uniform. Once again, the talent and skill of the people of Kansas City and MRI are being called upon to perform critical work for our military," said Congressman Emanuel Cleaver.

MRI engineers and scientists, supported by a team of five subcontractors, will lead the efforts to design the Test System, obtain permits, test materials, evaluate detection technologies and integrate the design, materials and technologies in the Test System.

The Test System is expected to be completed by 2013. It will support military personnel protection through the development and testing of contamination avoidance, individual protection, collective protection, decontamination and detection technology against chemical threats.

"MRI is honored to be chosen to lead this important project. With more than 50 years of chemical experience with Defense Department and more than a decade of experience in testing the chemicals this facility is being designed to test, we are proud to assist in ensuring the safety of our homeland and the men and women who defend it," said MRI Senior Vice President and Director of Research Operations Thomas Sack.

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